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Better supervision of Campbell High School outing could have prevented student Adriaan Roodt's death, ACT coroner finds

Adriaan Roodt suffered a traumatic head injury when a log he and his friends tried to lift fell on him. (Supplied: Sandra Roodt)

Inadequate supervision has been blamed for the death of a 17-year-old Canberra boy during a school activity on Mount Ainslie five years ago.

Adriaan Roodt suffered catastrophic head injuries when a large log fell on his head while he and several others were playing a game of Capture the Flag, in which players run into the territory of the other team to capture their flag without being tagged.

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